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Show w ip " r rrr1 Tht Salt Lake Tribune, More Tinie to Discuss Development Issues By Anne Wilson ter checkup. "I started after well-bab- y groups ily practice centers in Salt Lake County She and her colleagues have completed two research studies, comparing well-babgroup visits to individual visits. According to Dr. Osborn, in 1975. became very frustrated doing care" says Dr. Osborn "There are so many issues that par ents are concerned about. It's impos sible to cover nutrition, child care development and behavioral con cerns in the time you have to spend with each patient. She first conducted the groups for a research group, which hired her to visit small towns that had no pediatric services. Her patients were scheduled in two age groups, from birth to six months and six months to a year, "so I would have time to talk about important issues" well-chil- Dm-mbe- r 26, l'lH.j Care Groups Prove Worth to Doctor and Parents Well-Bab- y Tribune Medical W riter Most parents who take their child to a pediatrician for a -- well baby checkup spend only 15 minutes with the doctor, talking mostly about the youngster s physical development. While that may be acceptable to some parents, a growing number are discovering the benefits of well baby group visits, including more time with the doctor and hearing from other parents that their child isn't the only one who is "difficult" But parents aren't the only ones to benefit from such an arrangement, says Dr. Lucy Osborn, associate professor of community and family medicine and pediatrics at the University of Utah. The doctor gets a break from the monotony of answering the same questions in checkup af- Thursday, 1 d y the first study showed group visits are a practical option, time-wisfor any pediatrician and that "parents really like it." The second study compared time spent with the doctor in individual exams and in group exams. The first group spent an average of 10 minutes; the second, an federally-funde- g well-bab- some After the discussion, babies arv examined individually, sometimes in front of the group "Parents don't even mind that They like seeing what the other babies are like," Dr Osborn savs i hour. There's also a real dramatic difference in what goes on m the groups, Dr. Osborn said. Physical concerns dominate individual visits. In groups, parents are more likely to discuss developmental issues and are "tremendously reas- - fam d doctors-in-trainin- observe her own groups The groups typically begin with the weighing and measuring of babies, followed by a discussion about what the youngsters are doing thats fun and what they're doing that's worri e, The concept worked well medically and proved to be popular. Dr. Osborn began offering the group option to patients she saw in her practice at the university and now conducts well-bab- y groups at sured ' to find other children can be just as difficult as their own Dr Osborn says several pediatricians in the Salt Lake Valley now offer group visits and she gives U. of I', an opportunity to Todays Weather Utah Forecast High pressure at the surface and aloft will result in cold stagnant conditions created by trapped cold air in the Northern Valley regions. Outside of the valley regions the weather will he sunny and dry. Temperatures will reach the 20s in the north, mid-t- o upper 50s in the south. Statewide lows will he in the teens and 20s. High Temperatures 7Q shoppers buy gifts VVednes- day in a shop which usually caters to travLast-minut- Last-Minu- L.oguo Occluded NoOoftoi 11 Stationary 10 Ogden Continued From B-- l never eat coal. Seek and you shall find, charge or It probably never occurred to those l23 Servlet NOAA, U.4. Otot. of Commerce Weotftcr Salt Luke Citv Index Air Pollution Bountiful Suit l.ukiProto - Opdi-- n V y. 2327 endover 1722 ernal Pro'u lt22 red-face- d 435 Green Ititer 1517 Cedar Gilt Moal 13Ut 2255 Blanding St. George 235 2764 1 who present-purchase- came up short that airports and the better hotels have gift shops that honor both the credit card and the delinholiday quent shopper on a hard-cor- e like Christmas. Where is it written that those places cater exclusively to travelers and guests? Even an enterprising retail outlet of the national-chai- n variety will commerce. open for same-da- y In the Salt Lake valley alone stuffed animals, Wednesday, d china made in Japan, a $1,200 pearl necklace and a Wicked bottle of Hawaiian-brewe- d Wahine perfume at $6.50 were available for a belated shopping prowl. You need a bag for that? a cheerful Pam Horton asked a customer at the Salt Lake International Airport's Terminal 2 gift shop. Fellow clerk Wendy Mommer worked the shop's jewelry section Wednesday, mostly aiding in- - and outbound passengers land that perChristmas fect, gold-leafe- Source Ufoti HtoNti Deal. Monoxide TPTolol PorticuloiMi Area Forecast Tuesday and Wednesday Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo Forecast High pressure at the surface and aloft will continue the strong temperature Inversions In the volleys ot northwest Utah. Conditions will be foggy with continued cold days through Friday evening. Areas of dense fog and snow grains expected during the late night and the morning hours. Lows are expected to be In the upper teens to lower 20s. Highs are expected In the mid- - to upper 20s. Cache Valley: Northern Utah Farecost Temperatures will continue to be cold and hazy with areas ot dense fog, ond o chance of snow grains at times. Highs will be In the art about 10, with nighttime lows expected below zero. Western Desert and Wasatch Front: Condition will continue to be cold and foggv throughout the period. Residents can expect areas of dense fog and snow grains In the night ond morning hours. Uinta Basin: Conditions will be fair and cold with localized patches of late night and early morning fog, becoming partly cloudy late Friday. Highs will be In the upper 20s and mld-30Lows at night 3 to 5 degrees. Southern Utah Forecast High pressure at the surface and aloft will continue to dominate the weather over southern Utah. Sevier Valley ond Southeast Utah: Conditions will be nice throughout the period, with sunny days and fair nights expected. will be In the mld-t- o upper to 50s, with lows at night In the mid-20- s near 30. West Carbon County and Castle Valley: Sunny days ond fair nights. Highs will be In the low to mld-40- s with nighttime lows In the upper teens near 20. Utah's Dixie and St. George: Days will be mostly sunny with high temperatures In the upper 50s. Nights will be fair with lows In the low 20s. Recreational Areas Canyonlands and Lake Powell: The forecast calls for mostly with cold nights and fair sunny skies through Friday. Lake Powell temperatures will reach into the mld-50with overnight lows In the low 20s. Canyonlands daytime highs will be In the low 40s with nighttime lows In the low 20s. Northern Utah ski areas: Conditions will be sunny during the day and fair and mild at night through the weekend. Light to moderate northwest winds are expected throughout the period along rldgetops. Afternoon highs at 8000 feet will be in upper 30s to low 40s, with nighttime lows In the teens. Utah's Ski Resorts report no new snow, with snow depths ronglng from 6V Inches at Alta to 37 Inches at Brlanheod. Northern Mountains and Southern Mountains: Conditions will be mostly fair with light to moderate winds expected through the weekend. Snowbird and Brighton Ski Resorts will have highs In the mid- - to upper 30s. Nighttime lows will drop Into the low Temperatures teens at Brighton and upper teens at Snow bird. Extended Forecast for Utah Saturday through Monday A high Northern and Southern Utah pressure ridge will remain anchored over the western portion of the state. Cold, stag nant air will persist In many northern and western valleys. The mountain areas and the remainder of the state are expected to be fair on Saturday, turning to variable mid- - ond high cloudiness that is expected to develop on Sunday and Mondoy. Highs In the northern region will be in the 20$, and In the south they will be from the 30s to upper 50s. Low temperatures will be in the 20s, expect 0 to 15 above In the Uinta Basin, Sevier, Cache Countv and Southwest Vo! lev areas. Extended Forecast for Idaho Saturday through Monday Nonhorn and Southern Idaho Northern Idaho will be continued cold with areas of valley fog and smoke Saturday and Sun day. Monday Is forecast to bring a chance of scattered snow showers to the area. Highs will be in the 20$ and 30s, with lows ranging from 0 to 20. Southern Idaho will continue to be very cold, with oreas of low clouds, valley fog and smoke. Tempera tures In Southern Idaho will reach the midteens to the low 20s, with overnight lows ranging from 10 above to 10 below. Weather Summary Global Temps Intermountain M Yesterday's Conditions Troce Missing T Yesterdoy'i Conditions Uloh Blooding Brigham City Bryce Canyon Bullfrog Cedar City Coalville Delta Fillmore .... .... H L 53 24 41 24 M 15 12 Greenrlver M M Hanksvllle Heber City Helper Kanob Logon Midway Milford Moob Monhcello Ogden 53 24 42 42 9 33 M M 13 24 21 34 Orem Park Cltv Price Provo 45 Randolph Richfield Roosevelt Soil Lake City Snowbird Spanish Fork St. George Tooele Unlv. o( Utah Vernal Wendover Zion Not. Pork Nevodo Elko Ely Los Vegos Reno Wlnnemucca Wyoming Casper Cheyenne Rock Springs Evanston 22 M .... .... .... ... .... .... Laromle Predp B- -l transient shelter and looking for work as a warehouseman. He left a job paying $6 an hour in Denver because he had heard there were jobs in Salt Lake City. "This is the hardest town in the world to get a job, he says. "I had $1,000 when I left Denver. "I thought I was doing all right. I had a thousand dollars, a nice place to live, a car, Randy says. You know what I had to do? I had to sell that car to pay my rent. I looked and looked and couldnt find work. "I found a job in Denver the first week. Ive been here six months and havent found work. All I want is to get a car and $800 in my pocket and I'm getting out of here. d y said. "Last night Christmas Eve we had a lot of husbands coming in for quick gifts, Wendy said. Still, Wicked Wahine was in stock Wednesday. "We've sold lots and lots of Christmas cards. We've got those, too." Pam said. Maybe Rebecca Hood was surrounded by a prospective clientele that had more time on its hands before Christmas. Yeah, but what sold as a principal e cosbut late present? metics" he replied. And faithful to its "Last-minut- name, understandably. Thrifty wasn't wrapping. A Continued From "You guys go all around the country saying Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City. Wheres the jobs? he asks. There are about 10 people at the Bel Air Lounge at 3:00 in the after- B-- l it may be discouraging people wuKi ' this tax, he said. 'V. Mr. Gagner also suggested it mighty be appropriate for the state to extend the $5 a ton disposal fee to uraniuijt mill tailings .and other radioactivity wastes because these programs aiirt putting a strain on the health depart ment. Mr. Alkema said much of the haf-i- ' ardous waste being taken to thjfc USPCI facility is generated by coni-panies located outside the stated boundaries. The proposed dispoSatj fee would assure that those compa nies, rather than Utah taxpayers, pajy-- j for the state's hazardous waste pro?-grahe said. Because disposal fees already average more than $100 a ton. Mr. -' kema said the extra $5 would not impose an unreasonable hardship of waste producers. He noted that the majority o states impose some sort of fee for ' hazardous waste disposal. r noon. "I was up to my nieces. They're through with the presents and had places to go, so I thought Id drop by, one patron says. "I live alone and I know the place. The people are friendly. People spend Christmas at a bar. though, because they have no other place to go. There are many. They spend the afternoon watching a ball game, killing time, beers and thoughts of spending Christmas alone in an apartment. ir 13 15 14 22 Daily Data 17 EVERYTHING IN STOCK M T M 14 21 M M M Precipitation Troce, 1.19 Precipitation In December Accumulative excess 0.06 5.43 Precipitation since Oct. 1, 1985 Accumulative excess 1.94 Utah high 62otKanab. 0 at Logan, Utah low S.L.C. high ?7 degrees, 19 59 25 37 7 39 8 38 23 S 17 22 34 24 31 14 3! 22 '2 '5 5 4 21 1 19 2 Note: This Information Is received dally from the Notional Weather Service at the Salt Loke International Airport. Preciplta tlon reodlngs and temperatures are those recorded at the airport. Yesterday's Weather Data 14 T M L.C. low 24 1 2 PRIG degrees 37 degree Normol high for this dote 20 degrees. Normal low tor this date 59 degrees. Record high for this dale 7 Record low for this date degrees. Sunrise Today 7J1 MST. 5:06 MST. Sunset Todov Utah Agriculture Forecost: Mostly sunny ond dry, with lair nights. The Northern volley regions con expect dense local toy pockets ond cold stagnant conditions. SHEEPSKIN HOUSE HOURS: Mon.-Sa10-- t. 6 4 Agency Propose Hj Disposal Fee For Toxic Waste! CLEARANCE SALE 7 57 23 T" Continued From is living in the decorative plates at $45 apiece or an assortment of "brass items" beneath somebody's withering, chemically-flockespruce. Thrifty Drug and Discount stores were open locally, with one employee who didn't want to be identified reporting his store not packed but doing a steady business." Hot "same-daitems were "batteries for the toys, film for the cameras. It happens every Christmas, he y- For Those Alone, Open Bars Fill an Empty Christmas Day 0 7 ... p Second Home for Some M M M Idaho Boise iduho Falls Pocatello Rexburg Twin Foils gift-wra- 03 24 29 12 34 40 35 d 7 M 24 27 22 Mostly theyll look through the cases and see what catches their eye. said Wendy. Tve been selling stuff some of the medium-priceeven on Christmas. $75 to $150 "We them, if they have the time, she added. Pam and Wendy reported "pretty sales, espesteady Christmas-da- y cially just after a peak arrival period. Stuffed animals, toys, books and calendars suddenly became popular gift ideas to the browser with no notions at all. Salt Lake City and Ski became big movers, Utah along with, naturally, salt water taff- 2 M M 21 bows. By midday Wednesday, she report ed that Yuletide at the Hotel Utah Gift Shop totalled "nonef There's only been a few people look; ing Regardless. Rebecca had the smalt shop cranked up in case someone envisioned a set of lovely gold, 15 28 27 32 22 A gesture. If they wanted, the airport shop would go all the way, offering a touch of colorful paper, ribbons and 13 M 40 31 20 17 M elers. highlighting Salt Lake City the most popular items. were and skiing There Is Always Someplace to Buy te Christmas Gift That FRONTS -- e FACTORY OUTLET 5251 So. 300 W. 265-020- 2 T |
